CETL Fall 2006 Faculty Needs Assessment Data Snapshot

• 84 full-time faculty respondents
• 71% from Parkville Campus
• 29% from other Campus Centers, including Online

Teaching and Learning Topics (ranked in order of interest.)

• Best practices in college-level teaching
• Using technology to enhance learning
• Incorporating active learning strategies
• Incorporating writing/communication across the curriculum
• Teaching strategies for adult learners
• Teaching strategies for International learners
• Teaching strategies for under-prepared learners
• Designing learner-centered curriculum and assessment and student learning styles/multiple intelligences (tied)
• Designing service-learning activities
• Globalizing/internationalizing curriculum
• Methods for teaching multiculturalism/diversity

Professional Development Topics (ranked in order of interest)

• Writing scholarly manuscripts and conference proposals
• Developing a teaching portfolio
• Designing and conducting classroom-based research
• Understanding the Boyer model (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning)
• Self-assessment of teaching skills
• Preventing professional burn-out

Activity Types (top 5 in order of interest)

• Hands-on workshops (one meeting focused on a technique or strategy)
• Faculty presentation (peer-to-peer exchange of ideas)
• Discipline-specific workshops
• Informal discussions with colleagues about teaching problems, tips, and techniques
• Web-based resources

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